prate

prate
prater, n.pratingly, adv.
/prayt/, v., prated, prating, n.
v.i.
1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
v.t.
2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness.
n.
3. act of prating.
4. empty or foolish talk.
[1375-1425; late ME praten (v.) < MD praeten. See PRATTLE]

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  • Prate — Prate, n. [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. [1913 Webster] Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prate — Prate, v. t. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble. [1913 Webster] What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate ! Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • prate — [ preıt ] verb intransitive an old word meaning to talk in a silly way for a long time about unimportant things …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • prate — [prāt] vi. prated, prating [ME praten < MDu, prob. of echoic orig.] to talk much and foolishly; chatter vt. to tell idly; blab n. idle talk; chatter prater n. pratingly adv …   English World dictionary

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